2007 European Racquetball Championships

2007 European Racquetball Championships 300px July 28 to 4 August 14 7 Centro Sportivo di Brembate Brembate, Italy 2005 2009 XIV European Racquetball Championship - Italy 2007 - Men Teams ChampionRunner-upThirdFourth IRL Ireland GER GermanyCAT Catalonia NED Netherlands Women teams ChampionRunner-upThirdFourth IRL Ireland GER GermanyFRA FranceCAT Catalonia Men Individual ChampionRunner-up CAT Víctor Montserrat IRL Noel O'Callaghan Women individual ChampionRunner-up FRA Marie-Josee Collet IRL Susan Farrell The XIV Racquetball European Championship was held in Brembate (Italy) from July 28 to August 4, 2007, with six men's national teams and four women's national teams in competition. On August 1 started the individual competition. The venue was the Centro Sportivo Comunale di Brembate, in Brembate (Bergamo), with 2 regulation racquetball courts. The 6 men's teams were Belgium, Catalonia, Germany, Ireland, Italy and The Netherlands and the 3 women's teams were Catalonia, Germany and Ireland. More than 50 players were in the singles, doubles, junior and senior competitions. The opening ceremony was on July 28 with the Vice President of European Racquetball Federation, Mike Mesecke, and the President of Racquetball Italia, Marco Arnoldi, in attendance. Men's national teams competition First round POOL A W L GW GLIRL Ireland20 60CAT Catalonia11 33BEL Belgium02 06 July 29, 200710:00Ireland3-0BelgiumCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateHickeyNearyO Callaghan / Gannon(2-0)(2-0)(2-0)DevosDeboutteDeboutte / Wouters July 29, 200716:00Catalonia3-0BelgiumCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateMontserratFloresPérez / Montserrat(2-0)(2-0)(2-0)DevosDeboutteDeboutte / Wouters July 30, 200710:00Ireland3-0CataloniaCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateHickeyNearyO Callaghan / Gannon(2-1)(2-0)(2-0)MontserratFloresPérez / Montserrat POOL B W L GW GLGER Germany20 51NED Netherlands11 42ITA Italy02 06 July 29, 200710:00Germany3-0ItalyCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateCzempiszBertelsBertels / Schmitz(2-0)(2-0)(2-0)Zonca July 29, 200716:00Netherlands3-0ItalyCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateVan der HolstVeeken,De Jong / Timmermans(2-0)(2-0)(2-0)Zonca July 30, 200710:00Germany2-1NetherlandsCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateCzempiszBertelsBertels / Schmitz(1-2)(2-0)(2-0)Van der HolstVeeken,De Jong / Timmermans Final round July 30 - Brembate (16:00) IRL Ireland 2 NED Netherlands 1 July 30 - Brembate (16:00) GER Germany 2 CAT Catalonia 1 July 31 - Brembate (16:00) IRL IRELAND 2 GER Germany 1 July 31 - Brembate (10:00) NED Netherlands 1 CAT Catalonia 2 Semifinals July 30, 200710:00Ireland2-1NetherlandsCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateHickeyNearyO Callaghan / Gannon(0-2)(2-0)(2-0)Van der HolstVeeken,De Jong / Timmermans July 30, 200716:00Germany2-1CataloniaCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateCzempiszBertelsBertels / Schmitz(0-2)(2-0)(2-1)MontserratSàlviaPérez / Montserrat 5th and 6th places July 31, 200710:00Belgium3-0ItalyCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateDevosDeboutteDeboutte/Wouters(2-0)(2-0)(2-0)ZoncaBrezzolariArnoldi/Brezzolari 3rd and 4th places July 31, 200710:00Catalonia2-1NetherlandsCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateMontserratSàlviaPérez / Montserrat(1-2)(2-0)(2-0)Van der HolstVeeken,De Jong / Timmermans FINAL July 31, 200716:00Ireland2-1GermanyCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateHickeyNearyO Callaghan / Gannon(2-0)(1-2)(2-0)CzempiszBertelsBertels / Schmitz 65px|IrelandChampionsIRELAND Men's teams final standings Men's Team1 IRL Ireland2 GER Germany3CAT Catalonia4NED Netherlands5BEL Belgium6ITA Italy Women's national teams competition Women W L GW GLIRL Ireland30 72GER Germany21 54FRA France12 45CAT Catalonia03 27 July 29, 200713:00Germany2-1CataloniaCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateKortesLudwigKortes / Ludwig(2-0)(0-2)(2-0)VenturaCardellachVentura / Cardellach July 29, 200713:00Ireland2-1FranceCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateE. SkehanO'CallaghanJ. Skehan / Shanahan(0-2)(2-0)(2-0)ColletRaphanelCollet / Raphanel July 30, 200713:00Germany2-1FranceCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateKortesLudwigKortes / Ludwig(2-1)(0-2)(2-0)ColletRaphanelCollet / Raphanel July 30, 200713:00Ireland3-0CataloniaCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateE. SkehanO'CallaghanJ. Skehan / Shanahan(2-0)(2-0)(2-1)VenturaCardellachVentura / Cardellach July 31, 200713:00Germany1-2IrelandCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateKortesLudwigKortes / Ludwig(2-0)(0-2)(2-1)E. SkehanO'CallaghanJ. Skehan / Shanahan July 31, 200713:00France2-1CataloniaCentro Sportivo CommunaleBrembateColletRaphanelCollet / Raphanel(2-0)(1-2)(2-0)VenturaCardellachVentura / Cardellach 65px|IrelandChampionsIRELAND Women's teams final standings Women's Team1 IRL Ireland2 GER Germany3FRA France4CAT Catalonia Individual men's competition First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 M. Van Der Holst 17 Ignasi Perez 1 16 Peter De Jong 2 9 Marcel Czempisz 2 24 Stefano Ghezzi 0 25 Davide Panseri 0 8 Adam Neary 2 5 Pascal Matla 2 28 Benedetto Zonca 0 21 Benito Brezzolari 0 12 Patrick Hanley 2 13 Stephen O'loan 2 20 Oscar Rosa 0 29 Erik Timmermans 0 4 Víctor Montserrat 2 3 Noel O'callaghan 2 30 Michel Veeken 0 19 Jonathan O'keeney 0 14 Arne Schmitz 2 11 Joe Farrell 2 22 Luca Brezzolari 0 27 Ruaidhri O'rourke 0 6 R. Van Doezum 2 7 Oliver Bertels 2 26 Marco Romagnani 0 23 Mirco Doneda 0 10 Jimmy Gannon 2 15 Oriol Sàlvia 2 18 Sean Keane 0 31 Orhan Surek 2 Tristan Hickey WBF 1 M. Van Der Holst 2 16 Peter De Jong 0 9 Marcel Czempisz 1 8 Adam Neary 2 5 Pascal Matla 2 12 Patrick Hanley 0 13 Stephen O'loan 0 4 Víctor Montserrat 2 3 Noel O'callaghan 2 14 Arne Schmitz 0 11 Joe Farrell 2 6 R. Van Doezum 1 7 Oliver Bertels 2 10 Jimmy Gannon 0 15 Oriol Sàlvia 2 Tristan Hickey WBF 1 M. Van Der Holst 1 8 Adam Neary 2 5 Pascal Matla 0 4 Víctor Montserrat 2 3 Noel O'callaghan 2 11 Joe Farrell 1 7 Oliver Bertels 2 Tristan Hickey WBF 8 Adam Neary 1 4 Víctor Montserrat 2 3 Noel O'callaghan 2 2 Tristan Hickey 0 4 Víctor Montserrat 2 3 Noel O'callaghan 1 Winner VÍCTOR MONTSERRAT CAT Individual women's competition First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 Marie-josee Collet 9 Núria Cardellach 0 8 Eithne Skehan 2 5 B. O'callaghan 2 12 Ayten Kececi 0 13 Consuelo Del Prato 0 4 Elma Gibney 2 3 Yvonne Kortes 2 14 Majella Haverty 0 11 Nathalie Raphanel 0 6 Julie Skehan 2 7 Helen Shanahan 2 10 Anna Ventura 1 2 Susan Farrell 1 Marie-josee Collet 2 8 Eithne Skehan 0 5 B. O'callaghan 0 4 Elma Gibney 2 3 Yvonne Kortes 0 6 Julie Skehan 2 7 Helen Shanahan 0 2 Susan Farrell 2 1 Marie-josee Collet 2 4 Elma Gibney 0 6 Julie Skehan 0 2 Susan Farrell 2 1 Marie-josee Collet 2 2 Susan Farrell 0 Winner MARIE-JOSEE COLLET FRA See also European Racquetball Championships External links Results for the men's teams competition ERF website Results for the women's teams competition ERF website European Racquetball Federation Category:European Racquetball Championships Racquetball Category:Racquetball in Italy Category:2007 in Italian sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Italy